Tag Archives: Davis

Surname Saturday: My Wentworth Ancestors of Colonial Virginia, Maryland & Yorkshire, England. Our Kin Barbara Wentworth & Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York.

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Many describe our Wentworth ancestors as Gateway Ancestors, meaning a direct link to being descended from royalty. This is partly true, via a female line some generations back lead to being descended from King John I of England. I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Ancestry, Anthony Norman, Aquia, Archbishop of York, Austraila, Barbara Wentworth, Barrett, Bernacke, Bossenden Farm, Calverley, Canterbury, Charles County Maryland, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Maryland, Colonial VIrginia, County Kenty England, Cromwell, Davis, De Warenne, Doty, Doughty, Dover, England, English Royal Family, Fahey, Fahy, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fay, Ferrybridge, FitzWilliam, Flanders France, Flinthill, Fliteholle, France, French Huguenots, Furnival, Gateway Ancestors, Genealogy, Gooden, Grimethorpe, Hales, Hemsworth, Henry VII, History, Hodgson, Holgate, Huguenot, John Lackland, Johnson, Joynson, King John I, King John of England, Markenfield, Marmion, Mathena, Matheny, Mirfield, Moseley, New Hamshire, North Elmshall, Pontefract, Queen Mary I, RitzRoy, Robert Holgate, Savile, Scrooby, Sotehill, South Kirkby, Stafford County Virginia, Swinnowe, Swinowe, Thomas, Warenne, Watts, Wentworth, Wentworth-Woodhouse, Womersley, York, Yorkshire, Yorkshire England | 4 Comments

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

52 Ancestors, week 43 writing prompt is dig a little a deeper. When looking at my Stafford ancestors, and digging much deeper, I came upon mistakes and a major correction that needed to be made on who exactly was the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Babel, Barrett, Davis, Delaware, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Heath, Iowa, Kentucky, Larkin, Leverton, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rogers, Stafford, Tennessee, Virginia, Ward, Warriner, Zerubabbal, Zerubabbel, Zora Babel, Zorababel, Zorobabel | 5 Comments

The First Name Tacy. There are 35+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 47: The Name’s the Same.

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt is “The Name’s the Same”. I had prior written about how my ancestor named Tacy was a very popular name in my tree. I decided to update and add to my original post and … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious, Theology | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allen, Amy Adams, Anastacia, Babcock, Baptist, Barber, Betsy-Tacy series, Billy Gilman, Burdick, Cash Warren, Christian, Clark, Cole, Colonial America, Congregational Church, Connecticut, Cooper, Crandall, Crumb, Dare Me, Davis, Due or Die Trying, England, Eustacia, faith, family history, Family Names, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hall, Harry Chapin, History, Hubbard, Jeffrey, John Batterson Stetson, Kennedy, Kenyon, Larkin, Lewis, Lucille Ball, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Massachusetts, Maud Hart Lovelace, Maxson, New Jersey, Palmer, Preston, Price, Puritians, Rhode Island, Sale, Saretzki, Saunders, Schullin, Scriven, Seventh-Day Baptist, Stillman, Tace, Tacie, Tacy, Tasy, The Long Long Trailer, The Name's the Same, Virginia, Washington County Rhode Island, West Virginia, Williams, Yeomans | 5 Comments

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 7: Landed. February Theme: Branching Out. My Contentious and Quarrelsome Mayflower Pilgrim Ancestor Edward Doty.

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

When I received the writing prompt for this week, Landed, I considered taking it in several various directions, I do have some British ancestors that were considered Landed Gentry, as well as owners of large amounts of land in early … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barrett, Bill Weld, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Calvin Coolidge, Christian, Clarke, Colonial America, Davis, Dick Van Dyke, Doty, Doughty, Dueling, Edward Doty, Edward Leister, Eliphalet Remington, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, Family Tree, Fay, Fisher, Genealogy, Gooden, Harmon, Jordana Brewster, Lamb, Lavinia Warren, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mayflower, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Orsen Bean, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Raquel Welch, Schermerhorn, Snow, Stephen Hopkins, Tuesday Weld, United Kingdom, Warren Buffett, William Bradford | 12 Comments

My Davis, Maxson, Crandall, Burdick, and related lines, in Wales, England, and Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

William Davis, My Welsh immigrant of 1684. The progenitor of many Davis families in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia was the ever-controversial Rev. William Davis of Glamorganshire [Glamorgan], Wales [research has shown that his father was William Davies of … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Baptist, Brisley, Burdick, Clarke, Cocke, Cooper, Crandall, Davies, Davis, Ellis, England, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hubbard, Kennedy, Keridge, Kerrich, Kerridge, Maxson, Murray, New Jersey, Ohio, Oxford, Pennsylvania, Quakers, research, Rhode Island, Seventh-Day Baptist, Tacy, Turner, Wales, Westerly, Yeomans | 6 Comments

My Kennedy, Graham, and Murray Ancestors from Ballintoy, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my Kennedy family line back is to my 6th great-grandparents John Kennedy and Anne Graham. John Kennedy (I) was born about 1700 in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Anne Graham was born about 1702 in Antrim, Northern … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged American Revolution, Antrim, Ayr, Ballintoy, Ballintoy Harbor, Ballycastle, Baptist, Burkhart, Bushmills, Butler County Pennsylvania, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Cary, Davis, Galloway, Game of Thrones, Giant's Causeway, Graham, HBO, Ireland, Irish, Irish Sea, Isle of Pyke, Kennedy, Knocksaughey Hill, LarryBane, Lordsport, Mateer, Maxville Perry County Ohio, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Miltia, Murray, Muskingum County, New Lexington Ohio, Northern Ireland, Old Bushmills Distillery, Outlaws, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Pike Township Perry County, Price, Protestant, Reivers, Scotland, Scots-Irish, Spatz, Spotts, Swartzlander, The Causeway Coast, The Outer Hebrides, White Park Bay, Williams, Wright, York County Pennsylvania | 12 Comments

Tag Archives: Davis

Surname Saturday: My Wentworth Ancestors of Colonial Virginia, Maryland & Yorkshire, England. Our Kin Barbara Wentworth & Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York.

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

The First Name Tacy. There are 35+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 47: The Name’s the Same.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 7: Landed. February Theme: Branching Out. My Contentious and Quarrelsome Mayflower Pilgrim Ancestor Edward Doty.

My Davis, Maxson, Crandall, Burdick, and related lines, in Wales, England, and Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

My Kennedy, Graham, and Murray Ancestors from Ballintoy, Antrim, Northern Ireland

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